The International Songwriting Competition of 2011 is nearing a close – the deadline for entries is November 1st. That’s 8 whole days to finalize and submit a track to be judged by Kelly Clarkson, Ozzy Osbourne, Tori Amos, Massive Attack, and many other big-name artists. Not intimidating at all, right?

I didn’t realize this, but the ISC gives prizes away in loads of categories – everything from Americana to Blues to Novelty to Latin … 66 prizes across all the categories, PLUS honorable mentions, and one Grand Prize winner!

Among all those great songs and artists from last year’s contest, the one that strikes me most is this video, 1st Place Winner in the Music Video category, by Jorge Moreno:

I’m thankful for the songwriting contest for giving so many deserving people recognition for their talents. Good luck to this year’s entries!